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’ AGENCY :

FBI
RECORD NUMBER:  124-90124-10055
RECORD SERIES: HQ
AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 97-3224-NR
Document Information
ORIGINATOR: FBI
~ FROM: MX
TO: HQ
TITLE:
DATE: 10/11/1962
PAGES: 4
SUBJECTS :
MANUEL FUEGO .
MITCHELL LIVINGSTON WERBELL
DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICATION: — Secret
RESTRICTIONS : 1A; 1B; 1C; 4
CURRENT STATUS: — Redact
DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/12/1998
OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA
COMMENTS : MEMO

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[Tt 48 pointed out that CIA in both

° Managua, Nicaragua, and Guatemala City, Guatemala

is investigating this mattex]and fthe U.S, Army U9)
Attache, Guatemala City, has als one some investigation
through his close contact with Lt, Colonel JOSE LUIS
AGUILAR DE LEON, who is the confidential yaks abroad

mentioned in the accompanying report. | (i) Aad $e7 oF benclens

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[Scory, HOLLOWAY} “ead of the’ CIA Station, ow 9a}.99

American Embassy]SManagua, Nicaragua, advised on
-5-62 that, NOEL FALLALS ,[ who is T-1 in the accompany-
ing report uns the fina al enterprise,of General
_ANASTASTO SOMOZA of Nicaragua. onLownyatated that
PALLAIS has been an elose_ contact with the CIA office
in regard to thi eke was made available for
contact by HOLLOWAY as subsequently, interviewed
at the CIA officd,fn Managua. [HOLLOWAYP$tated he
rsonally has entouraged [General SOMOZATMot to have
anything to do with WERBELL, SMITH and associates.
He stated he feels the offer to sell arms and ammunition.
and provide mercenaries which was made to the

Guatemalan Government was only 6 secondary interest (8)

oo S
(ETCHARL F, TAYLOR the CIA Station,

()Grertcan Embassy] Guatemala City, advised on
e

ptember 10, 1 52, that it was ascertained that
the woman who accompanied WERBELL to Managua is
LUCY\ LUCHIEN, who owns: the Duplex Building in
Guatemala City. She returned to Guatemala City
on September 1, 2 or 3, 1962.

(3 ) (ravto RJadvised that when ARTHUR L. SMITH
left Guatemala Cit} on September 3, 1962, he left as

a forwarding address 1025 Connectic Aven Sulte

405, Washington, D.C, According to (TAYLOR ELL told
the manager of the Maya Excelsior Hotel that he had
the clearance of CIA. .

; (3) Gorrog] stated that MIGUELITO YDIGORAS, son
of the PreSident of. Guatemala, advised that neither
WERBELL nor SMITH had made personal contact with him,
At the request of MIGUELITO YDIGORAS, the Tusiotalhg)

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Police put a surveillance on WERBELL and SMITH, which
apparently was rather obvious. The police also

monitored their, Kelephone conversations. Subsequently, [the
{Judicial Police}fdvised CIA that SMITH had made

One telephone call to MARIO GARCIA KOHLY in Washington,
D.C., and another to a man by the name of DIGGS or BRIGGS
in Washington, D.C. He also made a telephone call to-
Handy of Jones and Handy, Marine Architects, Miami,
Florida, SMITH received a telephone call which was..>.”

tavLOR]stated that CIA believes it was from FRANK

4) eported as having been from: ARNOLD in Washington: but’

AUSTIN, who he said ts connected with MARIO GARCIA KOHLY
in Washington, “% oo ne

WERBELL tried.to make telephonic contact with

FRANK MARSHALL, Minister of Public Security of Costa

Rica.

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~ In telephone calls made just prior to 8-20-62
mention was made of meeting someone referred to only.
as "the general"at the Hotel El Salvador, San Salvador,
El Salvador. According to [Tayo IA does not believe

Chay meeting took place in San. Salvador as planned.

(5

TAYLOR| had previously mentioned on 8-13-62 that when
WERBELL and SMITH first contacted MIGUELITO YDIGORAS
during early August, 1962, they stated they were
waiting for PINEIRO and seemed to think PINEIRO was
someone YDIGORAS would know. ‘They stated they wauld
contact-him as soon as PINEIRO arrived. [PAYLO dvised
on 9»}Q-62 that it had been ascertained that Colonel
JOSH. PINEIRO PAEZ was apparently the one they were
expecting. ,

ei tated tnt the telephone conversation
between SMITH, WERBELL ani the individuals they were
talking to were, apparently rather cryptic and /the
Judicial Policekebtained little more than the Identities

of the individuals making “the calls.

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{The confidential source abroad is Lt. Colonel
JOSE LUIZ AGUILAR LEON, Minister of Labor and Social

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Tl isYNOEL PALLAIS, first cousin of President LUIS
SOMOZA,&nd General ANASTASIO SOMOZA of Nicaragua,
who handles financial enterprises of General SOMQZA
Located in insta report. "Source eoncealed as [he is
a contact of CIA, Managua, Net@aragua.

mel tft National Police, Guatemala City, Guatenata.](y)CS9

CLASS IFICATION

it contains information from(an officialJof (a foreign
government jand from an individ who has close

connections with a second(foreign government. Both (&) cs 3
requested the information Be regarded as confidential,

_ STATUS

Enolosed report is eon(en off “Confidential” CS 3

While this case and also the case on MANUEL
FUEGO, RA - Central America, are being placed in an
RUC status, they will be reopened if any pertinent
information 1s received.

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